Essay
Who or what should be blamed for Romeo and Juliet’s death?
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is considered to be one of the greatest love tragedies of all time. Shakespeare, who is known to be a successful playwright for his remarkable plays and beautiful poetry, manages to create a classical play filled with strong emotions, tension, action, violence, humor and most importantly, love. This play is set in Verona when two “star crossed lovers” meet and fall in love passionately. Most of the responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet should be put upon their parents, themselves, and fate.
Romeo and Juliet’s parents should be hold responsible for their children’s death. Throughout the whole play the Capulet's and the Montague's have a distinct hatred for each other. This hatred only causes Romeo and Juliet to lie to their parents about their love. When Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague, she is devastated. Even though their families are enemies, this doesn’t stop them from getting married. Friar Lawrence marries them believing this will end the feud between the two families, “In one respect I'll thy assistant be: For this alliance may so prove to turn your household's rancour to pure love.” Juliet’s parents, mainly her father, force her to marry Paris which she refuses reluctantly. This causes Juliet to search for a way of not marrying Paris, due to the fact that she is already married to Romeo and loves him deeply. She later on agrees to take a poison in order to make everybody believe she’s dead. Unfortunately, Juliet wakes up too late making Romeo assume she’s dead and causing him to kill himself. Afterwards, Juliet commits suicide since her only love is dead. If Romeo and Juliet’s parents had been more understanding, they wouldn’t be dead.
